Lauki ka Raita – Bottle Gourd with Yogurt

Lauki raita is a refreshing yogurt-based dish made with spiced lauki and yogurt. Lauki is also known as bottle gourd, doodhi, ghia. Lauki raita is healthy and tastes delicious. Serve this as a side dish with any Indian flat bread or over the rice.

Will serve 2

Ingredients:

1 cups yogurt (curd, dahi)

Approx. ½ cup milk, use as needed

1 cup lauki grated (bottle gourd, doodhi, ghia)

2 teaspoon oil

1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)

1/8 teaspoon asafetida (hing)

2 whole red chilies (lal mirch)

1 teaspoon ginger finely chopped (adrak)

1 teaspoon green chilies finely chopped

3 tablespoons cilantro finely chopped (hara dhania)

1/2 teaspoon salt

Method

Whip the yogurt and add the milk as needed to make the consistency of pancake batter, set aside.

Heat the oil in a saucepan on medium high heat.

Add the cumin seeds and asafetida. After the cumin seeds crack, add red chilies. Stir-fry a few seconds.

Add lauki, ginger, green chilies, cilantro and stir-fry until most of the water has evaporated and lauki is tender. This should take about four to five minutes.

Very good recipe. I was looking for a good recipe for lauki raita. In most cooking sites, the lauki is boiled and the water is drained, but I prefer your method of cooking the lauki for 4 to 5 minutes, that way the nutrients of lauki are retained. I can’t wait to try out your recipe. Thank you so much!